The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Photo by Mary Vee Probably my favorite of the year. No, I didn't forget you.  I kinda hoped you would be busy with family, new Christmas gifts, cookies, etc. I hope you are. Let's meet again next week...are you thinking about your resolution for this year? I am. Will I keep it? Probably not...but I most likely will for the first few weeks...or at least days.

Photo Courtesy Yeah! It's my birthday. So for the rest of this week, I am my guest. And since I am the guest, I will be doing the book giveaways. Someday I will feature my own book, but, for now, I will be giving away some awesome author books to as many commenters as I can. Those of you who have stopped in to read previous posts probably know I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to travel. This year's theme is: Out West.  Of course I said--YES! Let's go.  The winning photo.  Wow it was a really difficult choice!! We began our trip in Tucson, Arizona. Ghost towns. Spicy, hot foods. Cacti. Desert.  Surprisingly there was a mountain in this flat terrain. Driving up the winding mountain road we saw the base littered with scrub plants. The middle level had great rock formations. The top, oddly enough, looked like a beautiful pine forest with rippling creeks...in the desert! Driving north through the red rock  formations  in Utah to the northe...

Photo Courtesy Yeah! Today is my birthday. So this weekend, I am my guest. And since I am the guest, I will be doing the book giveaways. Someday I will feature my own book, but, for now, I will be giving away some awesome author books to as many commenters as I can. Those of you who have stopped in to read previous posts probably know I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to travel. So, hubby searched this year's list of conferences and found one in the beautiful mountains of Alaska. And it happened to fall during this week--my birthday.  Of course I said--YES! Let's go. Everything you see in black is written before we left. Everything written in burgundy is fabulous news from Alaska! I've posted the winning photos so far.  Wow it was a really difficult choice!! Photo by Mary Vee - Alyeska Resort We, of course, will suffer in a beautiful mountain resort, will have to endure fresh caught fish for a meal or two, be dragged on board a one-day ...